Battling the Bear (10/22)

A September sell-off sent stocks stumbling to their lowest point since November 2020, and longer-term bond yields, as measured by the 10-year Treasury rate, reached their highest levels since March of 2008. There’s no doubt it has been a rough year for weary investors who, by now, must be asking, what’s next? In his new Market Pulse, Transamerica Asset Management, Inc., CIO Tom Wald examines the four main culprits behind the bear market — inflation, interest rates, recession risk, and corporate earnings. Tom also remembers historical ghosts that have scared the markets in past Octobers, and he looks ahead to the November elections and their potential impacts. 

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